Indictments: 12/18/20

The following indictments were returned by the Grand Jury of the Carter Circuit Court on December 18, 2020. An indictment is not a determination of guilt or innocence. It is simply a charge that an offense has been committed and indicates that a case is pending on the charges listed. All defendants have the presumption of innocence until found guilty in a court of law. 

Though it is a part of the public record, the Carter County Times does not make a habit of printing the names of minor children or the victims of alleged crimes, except under exceptional circumstances. 

• Donald Elam, 36, of Grayson, on or about December 1, 2017 through November 30. 2020, flagrant non-support by failing to support his minor child and accumulating an arrearage of $4,514.00, a Class D Felony.
• Johnny Ray Fields, 43, Greenup, on or about September 15, 2020 the defendant committed offenses of theft by deception, over $500, by obtaining property or services of another by deception with the intent to deprive the person thereof, a Class D Felony; obscuring the identity of a machine over $500, but under $10,000 by intentionally removing, defacing, covering, destroying, altering, or obscuring a manufacturer’s serial number or any other distinguishing identification number or mark with intent to render it or other property unidentifiable, a Class D Felony; with a persistent felony offender, first degree, enhancement. 
• Vanessa Gollihue, 29, of Grayson, on or about March 19, 2020, the defendant committed the offenses of Assault, fourth degree, minor injury, by intentionally causing physical injury, a Class A Misdemeanor; buying or possession of drug paraphernalia, when she unlawfully possessed drug paraphernalia with the intent to use it for the purpose of introducing into the human body an illegal or controlled substance, a Class A Misdemeanor; possession of a controlled substance, first degree, first offense, when she possessed methamphetamine, a schedule one narcotic, a Class D Felony.
• Jacob Gray, 24, of Grayson, or on about August 28, 2020, the defendant committed the offense of assault in the first degree, by intentionally assaulting the victim and stabbing them with a deadly weapon, causing them to suffer serious physical injury, a Class B Felony. 
• Glenn Russell, 33, of Hitchins, or about September 1, 2019 through November 30, 2020, flagrant non-support by failing to support his minor children, and accumulating an arrearage of $4,477.50, a Class D Felony. 
• Melissa Shockey, 49, of Catlettsburg, on or about August 1, 2017 through November 30, 2020, flagrant non-support by failing to support her minor child, and accumulating an arrearage of $5,522.00, a Class D Felony. 
• David Stafford, 55, of Olive Hill, on or about November 29, 2020, the defendant committed the offense of wanton endangerment, first degree, by wantonly engaging in conduct which created a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury, a Class D Felony. 
• Wayne Treadway, 48, of Ashland, on or about June 1, 2017 through November 30, 2020, flagrant non-support by failing to support his minor child, and accumulating an arrearage of $4,572.20, a Class D Felony. 
• Steven Worthen, 48, of Olive Hill, on or about November 25, 2020, the defendant committed the offense of possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, by having possession of a handgun while having a prior felony conviction, a Class C Felony.